WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1936
Find out what all happened February to April 1936

A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union. (1. March 1936)

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi. (5. April 1936)

The Hoover Dam is completed. (1. March 1936)

The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.) (14. March 1936)

Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland. (15. April 1936)

Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. (4. February 1936)

Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203. (6. April 1936)

Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh. (3. April 1936)

First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine. (15. April 1936)

Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. (29. February 1936)

February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends. (29. February 1936)

The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. (27. April 1936)

The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan. (18. April 1936)

Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India. (1. April 1936)

Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. (8. March 1936)

Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and lead to a major flood in Pittsburgh. (16. March 1936)

Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. (7. March 1936)

Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain. (16. February 1936)

In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters. (29. March 1936)

Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders. (10. February 1936)